Second batch of tankers to Tripura via Bangladesh

Guwahati: For the second time in a month, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) will transport 10 fuel tankers from Assam to Tripura via Bangladesh on Friday to avoid the dilapidated NH-44 in the Barak Valley.
Indian Oil-AOD, the company's North East division, will move LPG from its North Guwahati bottling plant to Bishalgarh unit in Tripura in a convoy through Bangladesh.
"This is the second convoy of fuel we are moving to Tripura through Bangladesh. In this convoy, we will transport exclusively LPG in 10 tankers," IOC executive director (IndianOil-AOD) Dipankar Ray said here.
This consignment will be followed by another convoy next week, he added.
On September 9, IOC transported nine tanker carrying 1,08,000 litres of diesel and kerosene and one LPG truck from its Guwahati depot to Tripura via Bangladesh. The transportation agreement with Bangladesh is valid till this month.
"This option of sending tankers via Bangladesh was started to overcome fuel shortage in Tripura. The crisis is receding now. Regarding renewal of contract, we will take a decision by the end of this month or first week of October," Ray said. agencies